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Wheaton College

Wheaton College (Illinois)

About Wheaton College

Wheaton College is a private Evangelical Christian college in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. A four-year liberal arts school, it was founded by evangelical abolitionists in 1860. Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad and graduated one of Illinois' first Black college graduates. Colloquially known as the "Harvard of Evangelical Schools", it has been considered one of the leading Christian universities in the United States and an influential institution in North American evangelicalism and as an anchor of the "Bible belt" centered around the Wheaton area.

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It was auctioned off and taken to a place called Wheaton College. It's there these days with Tolkien's desk. They're united even in death.

from 390: No Such Thing As The Chronicles of Chelmsford, 2021-09-10 at 00:22:20 ยท read transcript

Other times Wheaton College came up

  1. Yeah. It's all gone soft these days, hasn't it? You can't even beat people over the head with a stick anymore. Did you hear? That is an important thing. There was a guy in America at Wheaton College. Sorry, Wheaton College. Where were you educated? Wheaton, Eaton College. Eaton College. Really? Wheaton College. It's the equivalent. It's twinned. It's twinned with Eaton. He was 19 at the time called Alex Chu.

    428: No Such Thing As Free Urine In The Uber, 2022-05-27 ยท listen

  2. Yeah. It's all gone soft these days, isn't it? You can't even beat people over the head with a stick anymore. Did you hear? That is an important thing. There was a guy in America at Wheaton College. he's a, sorry, Wheaton College. Where were you educated? Wheaton, Eton College. Nearly? Wheaton College. It's the equivalent. It's twinned with Eton. He was 19 at the time called Alex Chew.

    No Such Thing As Free Urine In The Uber, 2022-05-27 ยท listen

  3. The carbon fiber ones bounce right off. Yeah. It's all gone soft these days, isn't it? You can't even beat people over the head with a stick anymore. Did you hear? That is an important thing. There was a guy in America at Wheaton College. he's a, sorry, Wheaton College. Where were you educated? Wheaton, Eton College. Nearly? Wheaton College. It's the equivalent. It's twinned with Eton.

    No Such Thing As Free Urine In The Uber, 2022-05-27 ยท listen

  4. So if you hit someone across the head with a lacrosse stick, which is wooden, they're going to do a lot of damage. Yeah. The carbon fiber ones bounce right off. Yeah. It's all gone soft these days, hasn't it? You can't even beat people over the head with a stick anymore. Did you hear? That is an important thing. There was a guy in America at Wheaton College. Sorry, Wheaton College. Where were you educated? Wheaton, Eaton College. Eaton College. Really? Wheaton College. It's the equivalent.

    428: No Such Thing As Free Urine In The Uber, 2022-05-27 ยท listen

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